/**
* This file is part of mobileworks.
*
* mobileworks is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with dev.clipall.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*
* https://code.google.com/p/mobileworks/
*/

package model.datatypes;

import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.DataOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import view.Constants;

/**
 *
 * @author Erol Hira
 */
public abstract class MDTBase implements Constants.DataTypes{
    
    protected byte type;
    
    public MDTBase(int type){
        this.type = (byte) type;
    }

    public byte getType() {
        return type;
    }
        
    protected void write(DataOutputStream out) throws IOException {
        out.writeByte(type);
    }
    
    protected void read(DataInputStream in) throws IOException {
        type = in.readByte();
    }
    
}
